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The Loving Cup

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1867

Physical Description

Medium: watercolour

Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 14 in.

Signature: monogram

Date on Image: 1867

Note: Monogram and date are in lower left corner

Production Description

Production Date: 1867

Exhibition History: Birmingham 1891, (No. 176); Glasgow International Exhibition 1901; Wolverhampton, Art and Industries Exhibition, 1902; Walker Art Gallery Liverpool 1922, (No.48)

Model: Ellen Smith

Provenance

Current Location: William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow

Catalog Number: BRW 48

Archival History: John Bibby; Bibby Sale Christie 1899 (Lot 35); Joseph Beausire; Christie's 1934 (Lot 22); Sir Frank Brangwyn Bequest

Scholarly Commentary

Production History

According to Surtees, this painting is probably attributable in part to Henry Treffry Dunn ( A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 115).

Bibliography

Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 148.
Phythian, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood , 36.
Radford, Dante Gabriel Rossetti , 31.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 115 (no. 201.r-1).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 291.

Included Text

Douce nuit et joyeux jour

A cavalier de bel amour.

Note: The title is inscribed on the upper portion of the frame, with these lines at the bottom.

Reproductions

Phythian, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood , 36.
Radford, Dante Gabriel Rossetti , 31.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 291.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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